SESSIONS & EVENTS

PV Project Implementation Conference-China 2012
Topic: Project Development, Financing, Operation & Maintenance
Date: Monday, March 19, 2012
Time: 08:00 – 18:00
Venue: Jumeirah, Himalayas Ballroom
Target Audience: module manufacturers, suppliers, system integrators, project developers and
planners, investors, banks, insurance companies, consultants
Agenda | |
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration/Welcome Coffee |
| 9:00-9:05 | Welcome address |
| David Gaden, Solarpraxis | |
| 9:05-9:30 | Keynote speech |
| Peter Xie, CEO, GCL Energy: Prospects and challenges for large-scale solar in China | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Session 1 |
| Planning and Building | |
| Installing of PV plants - experiences What has to be considered? What are possible pitfalls and how to avoid them? How can risks be minimized and output be maximized? | |
| Moderator: Ma Lingjuan, Vice Secretary General, CREIA | |
| Presentations: | |
| Tairan Guo, Chief Business Development Officer, China Technology Development Group Corporation: Experiences from developing large-scale projects in China | |
| Stefan Riel, Co-Founder and Board Member, WIRSOL: Experiences from developing large-scale projects overseas | |
| Sebastian Trimpl, IBC SOLAR (CHINA) Co., Ltd.: German engineering,30 years of experience in solar PV systems: Performance ratio optimization and functional solar power plant operations from an investor's perspective | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Panel discussion/Q&A |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Session 2 |
| Regulatory Landscape, Financing and Reliability - China and the World | |
| Benchmarks for quality and reliability; what are the experiences with PV projects from the investor's point of view? International perspective: project | |
| Moderator: Wu Qiang, COO China, REN Energy Group | |
| Presentations: | |
| Yanwen Qiu, Deputy Director, Renewable Energy Department (Appraisal Dept.) | |
| Felix Holz, Vice President, Deutsche Bank or Standard Chartered Bank Factors for successful project developers from the point of view of a bank | |
| Fred Greguras, K&L Gates: U.S. business models for project developers - a result of the regulatory landscape | |
| 12:30-13:00 | Panel discussion/Q&A |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Session 3 |
| Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring | |
| Construction considerations for improved O&M; best practice from operating projects; Over view monitoring systems | |
| Moderator: Dr. Thomas Reindl, Cluster Director Solar Energy Systems, SERIS | |
| Presentations: | |
| SunEdison: Best practice from operating systems | |
| Stefan Müller, COO, Enerparc: Value Engineering - Planning and Design Improvements of a 80 MW Project in Germany | |
| Solar Asset Management: Performance Care – Monitoring and Maintenance of Megawatt PV-Plants | |
| Holger Morneweg, General Manager,Solar Data Systems Asia Pacific: Professional Monitoring: Maximized Security and Return on Investment for Solar PV Plants | |
| 15:00-15:45 | Panel discussion/Q&A |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15-17:15 | Session 4 |
| Quality Assurance | |
| Advancements in component testing; common failures; quality and reliability considerations; improved purchasing decisions; risk management; trade-off ROI vs Quality: What is needed for sustainable success of solar energy in China? | |
Moderator: Eckhart Gouras, Correspondent, pv magazine | |
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Presentations: | |
| China Electricity Council: Grid Connectivity | |
| Ulrike Therhaag, Director of Solar and Fuel Cells Technologies, TUV Rheinland: Existing quality assurance programs | |
| Christian Steinberg, Senior Consultant, Solarpraxis: Project planning and installation: What can go wrong? | |
| Siemens: Safety and grid interconnection requirements for utility-scale solar power inverters | |
| René Moerman, CSO, Solar Insurance & Finance: Risk management | |
| 17:15-18:00 | Panel discussion/Q&A |
| End of Conference |
* Agenda is subject to change










